tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9945723.post113120774574209363..comments2023-11-11T08:30:33.082-05:00Comments on Christian Fiction: Halo's Eve Tip#5: Revise!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932082084523211319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9945723.post-1131421770769478302005-11-07T22:49:00.000-05:002005-11-07T22:49:00.000-05:00There has been a debate for many years over Africa...There has been a debate for many years over African-American, Afro-American or Black as a term to describe the group of people who live and look like me. When you look at African American history, perspectives, and emerging ideology African-American appears to be a safer choice. Not better, but easily translatable. Irish-American, Japanese-American. The only problem is that African connotes an entire continent instead of the distinct countries within it. I could say based on genealogical history many black people from South Georgia came there via South Carolinian plantation owners, who bought slaves in Martinique, who stole Africans from Yoruba. So I could call myself, biafrian-american. But see. I'm not a new immigrant, so I have to say nigerian-american-former, sierre leonne-american. It begins to get out of hand. Because then you also have to look at tribes within these countries to really get it right.<BR/><BR/>My opinion is that all western countries, including easter European and Asia drop racial classifications. In this present day why is it justified? Country clarification should be enough. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you have a huge enclave of people, who are descendants of stolen Africans mostly west-african and bits of south africa that have formed their own identity in this country despite family and tribe separation, lanquage devaluation, and a whole lot of other big words. Yet, they still found their way back to Africa. So they need African somewhere in there. Right? <BR/><BR/>Black--the term, black--holds more negative value, because European and American culture has passed down through the years a certain stigma attached to the word. Black cat, black night, black plague, black ball. Just as the latin derivative necro debased the word negro and any other form of the word. <BR/><BR/>I refer to myself as black more out of being a product of the Black Power Movement more than anything else. My daughter has a latino father. I can't call her black and red. :) I would prefer to call her black, too. But that's me being selfish. She needs to know, identify with and be proud of both roots. <BR/><BR/>Bottom line...these names have about a double decade shelf life. We'll probably be called Afrimericans by 2007 anyway.<BR/><BR/>I hope I answered something understandable. For a minute I turned into Jesse Sharpton.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07932082084523211319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9945723.post-1131418209121827582005-11-07T21:50:00.000-05:002005-11-07T21:50:00.000-05:00Is Black better than Afro-American? Blacks are Ame...Is Black better than Afro-American? Blacks are American, but far from African. The most tremendously varied group of people in the world. Actually many, many groups that agree with those outside the groups to call themselves "Blacks". Does this make any sense to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com